Linda L. (McLaughlin) Vallie, 66, passed away on Friday, August 8, 2014 at Northern Montana Hospital of natural causes. A viewing will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at Holland and Bonine Funeral Chapel followed by a graveside service at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 13, 2014, at the Vallie Family Cemetery at Lonesome Lake near Big Sandy. Holland and Bonine Funeral Home has been entrusted with services and arrangements. Please visit Linda's online memorial page and leave a message of condolence for her family at www.hollandbonine.com. Linda was born on April 7, 1948, in Shelby, MT to John McLaughlin and Isabel Morano. They then moved to Great Falls to start a family, where Linda met her soulmate, James Vallie. After dating a few months, the couple married and moved to Big Sandy. Linda and Jim had three children James Buddy', Denise and Tom Vallie. Linda was a free spirited soul. She loved farming, raising her three children, making candles, being a homemaker, riding on the back of her husband's Harley, working in their motorcycle shop, and spending time with her family. Linda is preceded in death by her husband James R. Vallie; son James Buddy' Vallie; both of her parents, John and Isabel; brother Bobby McLaughlin; and great-grandson Adrian Small. She is survived by her daughter Denise (Kevin) Harmon; son Thomas (Michelle) Vallie; five grandchildren, Ariana (James) Walker, Reggie (Nikki) Teske, Sheena(Gary) Cowan, Kyler (Katie) Vallie, and Alyssa Vallie; four great-grandchildren, Mitchell Koop, Gabriella Small, Isabella Cowan and Weston Vallie; and numerous friends and family that she loved dearly.